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Step-by-step Naraka Chaturdashi puja vidhi for 2026 — what to prepare, the order of the ritual, and what to do when you are doing it at home for the first time.
Naraka Chaturdashi 2026: 7 November 20261 dayनरक चतुर्दशी
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In the order a household actually does it, including what to set up beforehand.
Massage the body with sesame oil before sunrise, then bathe in warm water with a herbal ubtan. In Maharashtra and Goa the water is often heated with a red-hot iron ladle (lohi) dipped into it. The bath must finish before sunrise to keep the ritual correct.
Wear new clothes after the bath and seek the blessings of elders in the family, touching their feet.
Light fourteen oil lamps — five in the tulsi area, and the rest at the gate, in the bathroom and along the boundary — to guide ancestors home. Offer rice, banana and a little salt.
Kali is worshipped at night, often at community pandals, with red hibiscus flowers, sweets and, at some pandals, animal sacrifice — a practice that is now restricted to a small number of sites.
Light diyas at the main door and along the compound, half of the full Diwali lighting. Many households light the entire house one day early.
The checklist tool builds the full item list for this puja from the same data as the steps above, and saves your ticks on your own device so you can reopen it in the market.
Ritual order genuinely varies. Where it does, this is the difference.
Naraka Chaturdashi, not Diwali, is the main ritual day. The pre-dawn abhyanga snan with the lohi-heated water, new clothes, and a faral breakfast are all observed here more strictly than anywhere else.
This is Deepavali for many households in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka — the oil bath with sikkakai powder before sunrise, new clothes, and sweets. The formal Naraka Chaturdashi puja is done with the leftover oil and a small image of Krishna.
Observed as Bhoot Chaturdashi and Kali Chaudas. Fourteen diyas are lit to guide ancestors, and Kali Puja happens through the night.
Called Choti Diwali. Largely a preparation day — last-minute cleaning, rangoli, sweets, and partial lighting of the house in the evening.
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